Law firm mergers don’t benefit clients, report finds
By Chris Johnson, From The Am Law Daily Just over a week after Greenberg Traurig terminated its merger talks with London-based Berwin Leighton Paisner, a new report has been published that claims that the majority of law firm mergers fail…
Olwomen story of the week
15 Crazy Hair Colors You Wish You Had By Jenny Smith From Olwowmen Hairstyles Once upon a time in a faraway land lived a young and content couple. Both of them were very satisfied with their lives and most of…
Bird wants harmonised Caribbean position on banking regulations
From Jamaica Gleaner Former Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Lester Bird Tuesday called on the Caribbean Community (CARI-COM) to adopt a harmonised approach as it deals with the issue of corresponding banking. Bird, who is now a senior minister in…
Secret world of tax havens
By JESSICA CHIA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Maximum security vaults packed with secrets and $7,000-a-night suites: A glimpse into the secretive world of 13 tax havens… and they really don’t want to let outsiders in. Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti traveled to…
UK: Southampton to the USA and the Caribbean
Air passengers can fly from Southampton to the USA and the Caribbean By Andrew Ross From Southern Daily Echo The world is opening up for travellers taking off from Hampshire. Under a new codeshare agreement between Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic…
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Jamaican woman becomes queen in Nigeria
A Jamaican woman became the queen in a Yoruba kingdom, and her people are so excited, they made a story out of it. The Imperial ruler of Iwo kingdom, Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, met and married his…
More Caribbean countries confirm Zika cases
From CARIBflame The Caribbean Region continues to wrestle with the mosquito-borne Zika Virus and 15 Caribbean countries have confirmed cases. The region’s leading health body, the Trinidad-based Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA) has provided an update on Zika in the…
2016 Key Milestones: Cayman Islands
From Deloitte Closing the distance Global Financial Services Industry Reporting deadlines and other key compliance milestones in the Cayman Islands are approaching. Given the specific notification to the Cayman Tax Authority requirement and the complexity of the key milestones for…
Unusual dissent erupts inside Cuban Communist Party
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press From MSN HAVANA — Days after President Barack Obama’s historic visit, the leaders of Cuba’s Communist Party are under highly unusual public criticism from their own ranks for imposing new levels of…
Caribbean Catastrophe
By Jacob Gelt Dekker From Curaçao Chronicle Jacob Gelt Dekker In the communist party paper, Grandma, former communist dictator, Fidel Castro, slammed Obama’s visit to Havana, while praising the grand accomplishments of his own 50-year bloody and ruthless Castro-Stalinism. Intellectual…
